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Phenotypic characterization of the murine Nkx2.6 homeobox gene by gene targeting.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Apr 2000
Tanaka M, Yamasaki N, Izumo S
Abstract excerpt
The NK-2 homeobox genes have been shown to play critical roles in the development of specific organs and tissues. Nkx2.6 is a member of the NK-2 homeobox gene family and is most closely related to the Drosophila tinman gene. Nkx2.6 is expressed in the caudal pharyngeal pouches, the caudal heart progenitors, the sinus venosus, and the outflow tract of the heart and in a short segment of the gut at early stages of...
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